I have been making pottery for over a year and I've started dabbling in jewelry. What I like to make besides bowls are leaves out of clay. I have had a few of my designs on
Etsy featured in the
RetroBabs Vintage shop.
I made this
maple leaf necklace for the fall. It happened to catch the eye of a wonderful artist, Barb Herb-Bonk.
She makes beaded jewelry and asked me to collaborate with her. Barb created these designs using my pottery leaf and medallions.
I think they look fantastic and she really enhanced my work! I am thrilled.
Making jewelry is another outlet for my pottery.
Here are the designs I came up with for the
Village Artists show. The show will be a Holiday Boutique on Dec 2-3rd in Homewood, IL. They are located on Ridge Road and the gallery will features many artists from the group.
You can see I took a different route, than did Barb, but I tend to like simple jewelry. I fashion these leaves and medallions out of clay slabs, hand sculpt them and then they are glazed at a high temperature in the kiln to give them that patina.
I hope you can come to the show and celebrate the holidays with me!
A heartfelt thanks to Barb for a wonderful collaboration and using my pottery in her jewelry.
Blessings
Babs
